FORGOTTEN Grocery Stores of the Past

Enjoy a nostalgic look back at grocery stores of the past through amazing vintage photos.
See what grocery shopping was like back before the days of self-checkout and Amazon home delivery. Back in the days of uniformed cashiers and helpful carry-out service.
Grocery shopping went through a lot of changes during the 20th century before we ended up with the modern supermarkets of today.
In this video, we'll take a look back at the brief history of supermarkets in America.
Thanks for joining me in The History Lounge!
#nostalgia #vintage #lifeinamerica

[@mikedrown2721]

Anyone remember grinding a bag of 8 o'clock coffee at the A&P store and that wonderful aroma of the freshly ground coffee beans? Ahhh..... the good old days☕ ☕☕☕😊❤️

[@glennso47]

I remember when I first tasted coffee and couldn’t understand why it smelled so good but tasted so bad. I don’t drink coffee to this day.

[@glennso47]

Hy Vee took over the Eagle store. At least in the quad cities.

[@glennso47]

What about Walmart? They have 15 checkout centers but sometimes they have only one open. 😮

[@nathanielovaughn2145]

One of the best memories, the best smelling coffee!

[@jinka6171]

Yes….I remember !

[@elizabeththompson4424]

I remember A&P and the wonderful smell of the coffee my father was grinding

[@loriloristuff]

Back then, people didn't go to the grocery store in their pj bottoms or grubbies. That's why the shoppers are wearing "day" dresses, even hats and gloves. Even those in sportswear were wearing "good" sportswear.

[@charlottebelieves285]

One of the first things I noticed too. Had to keep hitting the pause button to get a good look at everything lol.

[@johnp139]

WHO THE FUCK CARES!!!!! YOU’RE JUST PICKING UP SOME FOOD!!!! WHY SHOULD ANYONE DRESS UP FOR OTHERS JUST TO PICK UP MILK AND BREAD!!!!!! WHY SHOULD THAT BOTHER YOU?!?!?

[@ErinIsReal]

We had class and style, unlike now!

[@marshallr4797]

In the late 70’s halter tops were popular 😊

[@cvdixon29]

Those were totally different people, they wouldn’t put up with the BS we put up with.

[@robdejong397]

I am from the Netherlands and I love these old pictures schowing a beautiful America!

[@StarCrystal9]

Yes, it was beautiful indeed...

[@robdejong397]

@@StarCrystal9 I think America was in this era also an example voor Europe

[@user-zh2gp4wu5f]

We in Norway appreciate it also. Yours truly, Gunn Karin Jorgensen.

[@robdejong397]

@@user-zh2gp4wu5f Norway is also a beautiful country.. Best regards Rob de Jong

[@mcmlxii4419]

I wish America were not so awful now.

[@Fair-to-Middling]

I remember standing in line to cash in my Green Stamps. I think I got a toaster or something like that. So much fun pasting them in the those little books!

[@teptime]

I still have the clothes hamper my mom bought with green stamps.

[@wolteraartsma1290]

A&P initially had the own brand of trading stamps, Plaid Stamps which were replaced by S&H. There were other stamp chains around like Top Value. My mother told me once that a cashier had hit the wrong key and accidentally cranked out a lot of higher value stamps. Those were the days when you had to have smarts to run a register - when to push that button, when to pull that lever.

[@oliveoliveira6020]

I remember my mom always collecting the s&h Green stamps, good memories!

[@ErinIsReal]

@@oliveoliveira6020 Except when we had to paste them in. YIKES! Least we got a sponge, didn't have to use our tongue!

[@shannonnichols3415]

That’s how we learned to count by 5’s! I just remembered that! I so vividly remember momma showing me how to get the long line of stamps, count 5 (because that’s how the books were set up) lick em & stick em! We eventually got a dampened sponge so you no longer had to taste the stamps glue or get paper cuts on your tongue 👅

[@dejah85]

Oh to travel back in time❤

[@alpha-omega2362]

well, you just did, kind of.....

[@demeter1522]

Clean and calm. White things.

[@dejah85]

@@alpha-omega2362 That was just a glimpse in time.. I want to go back! ♥️🤍💙

[@Fair-to-Middling]

My grandpa was the produce manager for our local A&P in Grand Rapids, MI for many years. He took so much pride in his work. His department was always clean and tidy, unlike some produce areas in stores these days!

[@wolteraartsma1290]

I used to shop at Meijer and A&P when i was in G.R. A&P got me hooked with Pop-Tarts, frosted apple cinnamon being my favorite. Where was his store located?

[@scottgebow6539]

I was a grocery store bagger as a teenager. I was almost always brought the groceries to the customers’ cars. I didn’t expect tips, but it was nice to get them.

[@MarkWG]

In 1968, in Dallas, when I was 7 years old, we always grocery shopped at Piggly Wiggly, as it was just down the street. I remember the grocery boy pushing out two carts of groceries for my Mama. He unloaded the carts into the trunk of our 1968 Oldsmobile, which was huge. The groceries filled the trunk full. On the way back home, my mother said to me and my little brother, "Please don't tell your Daddy that Mama just spent $35.00 at the grocery store!" Yes, in 1968, you could feed a family of four for almost two weeks on $35.00. Gasoline was also .27c per gallon. The "good ole days".

[@IceSkater8491]

In Atlanta, Georgia, I remember my mother shopping at the local Colonial store

[@charlottebelieves285]

One of my favourite channels! Thanks for your hard work. It is so cool to look back. Much appreciated.

[@ichavez4514]

Love old pictures!!!❤😂 love this chanel!!

[@notsurewhatscookin8691]

Super cool memories of yesteryears 💛💜👍

[@coolruehle]

There's a Piggly Wiggly just down the street. It's like walkin into 1964.

[@user-wh5ir4fo4r]

But the prices are 2035.

[@biggatorcaesar]

My great grandmother loved A&P!

[@weenttaguy223]

Kewl cool kewl, going back to yesterday and as a little boy raised on a farm, going to town was a treat, walking into one of these big grocery stores and the smell as soon as you walked in was like WOW! clean floors, clean everything, folks were dressed, not in grubby hippy clothes like today! You triggered 10:00 minutes of happy good feel moments...miss those times and places. Thank you! ❤👍🙏

[@47AndyT]

A & P was the largest chain in the country back in the day. The lat one I was in was in Vermont in '76! My neighbor in Pittsburgh drove over 2 million miles for them!

[@BeardedBA4Real]

Last of the A&Ps were retreated back to CT, NJ and NYC ... Waldbaum's was theirs too . Best beloved grocers ever!!!

[@mritzs5142]

My first time not in a carriage in an A&P was when I was 4 years old in the 50’s.I remember breaking open a pack of hostess cupcakes when my mother wasn’t looking😅❤ your channel

[@lyngruen8607]

Love the CARS 🚗 in the picture. I WANTED my grandmother's car SO BAD but didn't happen.😢😊 Shame we can't TURN BACK TIME 😂😂 Texas Nana

[@Thomas-yr9ln]

They had separate meat stores in the 1960s. Remember that one episode of Andy Griffin were aunt Bee purchased all that meat that she couldn't store.?

[@bobhester369]

My first job was as a box boy at Alpha Beta in Whittier, CA in 1969. My mom shopped at Von’s and Ralph’s in SoCal back in the day.

[@W7DSY]

One thing from the past was that people (esp women) dressed better to go to the market. One thing that is changing back is that self checkout is beginning to disappear because of theft.

[@johnp139]

Why should anyone have to dress up just to buy food? STUPID!

[@rikd5452]

Awesome! Now do forgotten restaurants of the past!

[@user-wh5ir4fo4r]

Yes, Howard Johnson's, Bob's Big Boy, and Shoney's.

[@jamessmothers6475]

In the Detroit Michigan Area we had the grocery stores, Farmer Jack. They were everywhere, now defunct. Its a sad story of mismanagement. So its one more to add to future episodes of grocery stores not here anymore. Love these videos.

[@weezie1982]

We had a Farmer Jack in Saginaw too.

[@GreenSneakersAndHam1]

We had a Farmer Jack's in Dearborn Hgts

[@jamessmothers6475]

@@GreenSneakersAndHam1 I shopped at the farmer jack on ecorse rd near monroe street in Taylor Michigan

[@stormythelowcountrykitty7147]

I remember Farmer Jack’s

[@wolteraartsma1290]

oh, shoot, i just mentioned them. They were Detroit-based, and A&P returned to Michigan by acquiring them. The Clawson Farmer Jack had the narrow lanes and the turnstile to enter or leave, must have been vintage 1950s. A&P sank some major bucks into them, I returned to the Clawson store when it was upgraded. I LOVE their rotisserie chicken, Yummy!

[@Vintage-Bob]

Great video, but I'm surprised that Jewel Foods was left off the list. I remember when Jewel opened their first Jewel Grand Bazaar super-grocery store on the southwest side of Chicago. It was amazing! Samples at every department - you could have a free lunch just tasting samples of lunchmeat, cheese, pizza, burgers, etc. And they had a parcel pick up where you pulled your car up to an enclosed tent and the bag boys would bring your cart out and load up the car. Ah the good old days!

[@Lettuce-and-Tomatoes]

I wish grocery stores still looked like they did 0:26 in the 50s. They suck today because nobody cares about design or color and they’re all soulless clones of each other, even across different companies.

[@cindytrayer4279]

I agree. I say the same thing about all businesses today. All square, gray, brown. Depressing. Loved the 50’s-60’s art deco and the printing style, and the bright colors.

[@jec1ny]

+1 for Publix.

[@RiddledEnigma93]

Rogers SuperMarket the Bubble Yum 8 pack of grape gum was my pick of things to get 1 of I was allowed!~ I miss the late 70's & 80's grocery stores!~

[@Bentcypress]

I lived in Florida for over 40 years and wouldn't think of shopping anywhere but Publix. They were and still are the best!

[@TheHistoryLounge]

Yes! One more good reason to move to Florida!

[@Transterra55]

Clarence Saunders was an American grocer who first developed the modern retail sales model of self service. His ideas have had a massive influence on the development of the modern supermarket. On September 11, 1916, Saunders launched the self-service revolution in the United States by opening the first self-service Piggly Wiggly store at 79 Jefferson Street in Memphis, Tennessee. (Wikipedia)

[@johnp139]

And people today complain about self-checkout, but don’t think anything about getting their own groceries off of the shelves.

[@user-kx6mc2um5i]

The first Kmart in Garden City Michigan was our go-to store when I was a kid. Great video but you forgot to mention there submarine sandwiches which everybody remembers.

[@jeffreywoitekaitis9470]

We had a Red owl store here in Wisconsin, i also remember when pic n save first came to town and the gave you a grease pencil to write the price on the product for the cashier's to ring up. Some great times.

[@luvnalaska44]

Great video. Thoroughly enjoyed that walk down memory lane.

[@brynnbolinsky3277]

I was wondering through the whole video when you were going to mention Publix. 😅 The BEST grocery store back then and now. We Floridians are spoiled. Love this KZbin channel!

[@countrydarlin8212]

My dad joined the Air Force in 1978 and we moved from a dot on the map in NW Georgia to Mather AFB, Sacramento. We'd never seen a Kroger until then. Just Piggly Wiggly, Big Star, and local grocery stores.

[@MrsC48]

I was a kid in the 60s. I remember peeking into the back of the meat department when the swinging doors would open and seeing all the bloody sawdust on the floor. 😯😄

[@lsw6292]

My family lived near a Piggly Wiggly store in Reseda, CA...early 1960s

[@wolteraartsma1290]

The History Channel (Modern Marvels?) credits Piggly Wiggly with launching the modern supermarket. They hosted a convention in Philadelphia (that my grandfather went to as well as Hendrik Meijer) in 1940 or '41 that persuaded grocers to convert to supermarkets. There was a Piggly Wiggly on U.S. 24 east of Kansas City (I think the community was Sugar Creek) as late as 2011 but its gone now.

[@thomasottvideos]

If old memories serve correctly, the PW was on White Oak.

[@lsw6292]

@@thomasottvideos Tampa and Victory

[@rebelliousraven]

In WI I most remember Piggly Wiggly, Red Owls, and of course we had Kohls.

[@MichaelMcFerrin]

A&P….The great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company. Kroger’s in Milwaukee was called Krambo’s before that.In GreenBay Wisconsin there’s only 1 Red Owl Food Store left. My uncle drove a semi between Green Bay and Milwaukee stores delivering food.

[@karenhackney9920]

Publix still takes your groceries out to your car for you, and they wear a button saying “no tipping”. It’s part of the baggers job to do this for you.

[@wolteraartsma1290]

I love Publix. Way back when, it was either Publix or Winn-Dixie/Kwik Chek for groceries. Kwik-Cheks were separate stores although Winn-Dixie sold Kwik-Chek products like Chek-brand soda.

[@brynnbolinsky3277]

Still the best customer service on earth!

[@jetsons101]

As a kid we always had a bunch of Swanson TV Dinners on hand in the freezer just in case we go snowed in....

[@johnp139]

So you couldn’t cook REGULAR FOOD if you got snowed in????? Makes no sense!

[@jetsons101]

@@johnp139 Really ??? We lived in a small hole in the wall town in Maine, we had no food store down the street -- it was about 20 miles away. Our roads weren't plowed/sand/salted on a regular basis in the winter. In a bad snow we were on our own. In the winter we would keep frozen food on the back porch, no need for a freezer in the winter. We always had a full propane tank at the start of winter, our oven didn't need electricity to work. Have a great day......

[@flynlr]

when talking about Kroger today it also includes the following sub chains. Ralphs, Dillons, Smith's, King Soopers, Fry's, QFC, City Market, Owen's, Jay C, Pay Less, Baker's, Gerbes, Harris Teeter, Pick 'n Save, Metro Market, Mariano's

[@wolteraartsma1290]

Excellent point. When i was moving to Missouri, I asked a Kroger employee if there were any Krogers 'cause i couldn't find any online. He said "No". I later learned that Kroger had pulled out of the state after a nasty strike. However I stopped at a Gerbes in Columbia (Mo) and immediately sensed it was a Kroger - from layout and color scheme. I asked a clerk, and as soon as I did i saw Kroger label products. Gerbes is in a subgroup with Baker's, Dillons, and others, however Dillons, excepting a store in Leavenworth, retreated west to Topeka. Drat, great fish kabobs. However I did see evidence of Kroger previously being in Gladstone (Mo). My local Gerbes ran out of a coffee maker I really liked on sale, offered to try and find it for me. Several months later got a call from them, they had shipped one in from a Baker's further west and would sell it at the sale price but i was not obligated to buy it. I did

[@brucestaples4510]

I remember a Bohack's on Vanderbilt Ave. in Brooklyn, NY.

[@severkola]

It seems that until 1980 people lived in the real world, and then the world became artificial :)

[@johnp139]

How so?

[@bobschlenk9720]

I love my Publix store. We have 10 of them here in The Villages, Florida.

[@kelliekretzmer4998]

Michigan had Chatham Supermarket too. I remember the talking scanner...heehee, always wanted to buy something 'naughty' to hear what it would say

[@williamwelch7]

Thanks again.

[@michelbm8878]

Super que de souvenirs, seul les Cadis n'ont pas beaucoup évolués depuis ces belles années... Vos vidéos sont toujours passionnantes. 👍✌✌😉✌

[@barbaracerra]

Fun video. We didn't have any of those stores in western NY. Some of ours were Wegmans (still going strong) Star Market, IGA, Big M, Loblaws, Super Duper...and more.

[@haroldgreen4416]

In Ohio, I remember Big Bear grocery stores and they gave Green stamps. Fulmers was another store I remembered in the late 50s and 60s

[@hookem7030]

HEB, founded in Kerrville, Texas, in 1905, is still going strong as one of most favorite stores in the state.

[@davidpearson3304]

The fresh tortillas were the best. Still warm when you got them home. I would buy a ten pack and just eat them plain watching tv. One of the few things I miss when I lived in Houston.

[@charlesbroadway6864]

Also Pick n Pay

[@caroltanzi29]

Most interesting! Think about the grocery stores in the West and what has happen to many of them. I would find that most interesting too. Enjoyed the video. Carol from California

[@UQRXD]

Back before the country went ghetto.

[@marshallr4797]

Great content. Thanks!

[@empressvogt]

I remember going to Super Fresh which sat abandoned forever then it became a Giant. The whole area of Odenton turned out!

[@wolteraartsma1290]

Super Fresh was A&P's great hope for a comeback. Mentioned in Wikipedia

[@empressvogt]

@@wolteraartsma1290 I didn’t know that. Thank you.

[@user-wh5ir4fo4r]

I guess I'm going to have to go find that Red Owl.

[@MsCassieCrowe]

We used to have a Winn-Dixie and a Bi-Lo but both are closed now. Now our choices here in my western NC town are Ingles, Walmart, food-lion and the latest addition of Publix. Which imo sucks. Small selection and high prices....you aren't missing anything!

[@stacypappas9677]

Indiana had Gateway and Greyhound grocery stores on the late 70's

[@suecooper]

I worked for Eagle country market in the 80s late 80s in Aurora Illinois

[@jons.6216]

I also miss Gemco in California! They were a membership store that featured Lucky brands like Lady Lee! We don't have actual Kroger stores out here but stores like Foodsco features their brand heavily!

[@jchow5966]

This was good.

[@jacobnyhart6862]

Publix enjoys the comfort of existing in a world without Union members, so there's a good chance you won't see one in Minnesota any time soon. They also try to stay in areas where there is little to no snow. They have a lot of footprint to continue to grow in the Southeast before they ever consider venturing into any state above the Mason Dixon line or west of the Mississippi river..

[@duckymcscrooge438]

I 💕 Market Basket

[@glennso47]

The butcher would sometimes sneak his thumb onto the scale so it looked like you had bought more than you really had. I remember that an artist had a customer with her thumb under the scale and pushed it up.. Norman Rockwell was the artist. 😅

[@alpha-omega2362]

well, it's better than the butcher who backed into his meat slicer and got a little behind in his work....

[@johnp139]

Why would a butcher do that? Did they get some kickbacks by doing this???

[@alpha-omega2362]

@@johnp139 if he was the owner proprietor than he would be able to put more money in his pocket. Back then most tradesmen were self employed.....

[@glennso47]

Anyone from the Rockford Illinois area and remember Hilander and Logli. They competed with each other but in 2000 Schnucks came in from Saint Louis and bought up both of them and branded them as Schnucks.

[@wolteraartsma1290]

Your prices probably went up when Schucks came in - until recently, the most expensive grocer in town. They do carry products others don't, and some exotic ones (bacon made from duck meat). They sold off almost all their pharmacies to CVS.

[@VernaCunningham-sz9uz]

We used to have Safeway and Piggly Wiggly in Oklahoma.

[@RobertHowe-zv7gs]

I was born in 1949, so growing up my parents shopped at the A&P.

[@kims1941]

My parents also shopped at A&P in the 1960s.

[@kw266988]

Phoenix had Bayless, Alpha Beta, ABCO, Price Club, Cooke's Warehouse, Luckys, UTotem

[@michelbm8878]

😂😊 je me souviens bien des magasins Grand Ours 😂🐾🐾🐻🐻🐻🐻

[@centralohio421]

If you don't have them planned already, Schottenstein's (Columbus, Ohio), Kroger's Grocery Store & Fotomat. You should do one on these. ✔ 🙂

[@denisemiller9296]

My mom worked there in the late 50's

[@Shawn666Hellion]

Chatham,Great Scott and Farmer Jack grocery stores in Michigan, long gone unfortunately

[@wolteraartsma1290]

you showed the A&P colonial style store developed for Haddonfield in south Jersey, but didn't comment on it. i've seen that design as far north as Michigan (Grand Rapids and metro Detroit) and as far west as the Kansas suburbs of Kansas City. The colonial style was mandated by Haddonfield in a downtown revitalization scheme to counter the looming threat of the Cherry Hill Mall. One of the last gasps for A&P was to launch a non-union line (Super Fresh? It's been too long) with the goal of converting all their stores to such, retaining only employees of 20-30 years. This failed and A&P did 3 rounds of store closings in metro Phila. They did have a bright point. Having exited Michigan in Dec., 1974 they returned in the 1990s by acquiring the Detroit chain Farmer Jack, sinking major big bucks into remodelling vintage 1950s stores or building new super-stores. They introduced rotisserie chickens (wonderful job, something Kroger never got right) but sadly collapsed just before A&P did. In the early 1980s, A&P asked PSFS (bank) to launch a check approval system (Act 1) so that when customers wrote a check drawn on a PSFS account, the ability to pay that dollar amount was validated AND the dollars in their account reserved for that purpose. Sadly this was launched just in time for the first round of store closings. Some coworker friends burned themselves out in order to launch it in time, all for naught. Food Fair also acquired Penn Fruit and the department store chain J.M. Fields. Some shopping centers had J.M. Fields next door to the Food Fair. They were "gone" from metro Phila. by 1980 but i was stunned to see them, and shop at them, in Miami in 1988-89. They held out for a few more years in Florida. Consumers could see the consequences of the A&P, Food Fair, and Thriftway closings as prices rose in other store chains.

[@yvonneplant9434]

This video was supposed to discuss supermarkets in suburbs. But, well,let's throw in food shopping in rural America. 😅

[@coburn_karma]

Eagle on Airline Dr. Houston Tx.......became Fiesta.

[@Calif2TennKat]

"Shopping Bag" in Southern Calif

[@jsterling6805]

They also had a mini theater booth where children could sit and watch cartoons while their parents shopped.

[@whatsamattayu3257]

Anyone from the Chicago area remember High-Low grocery stores? They were around until the early 1970's.

[@teresahall6048]

Just like all Bi-Lo's. I really miss that store.

[@russellj.s.257]

We dont have Kroger in Florida or Piggly Wiggly,mainly Publix and Winn Dixie

[@lovewhitalways2010]

We love Publix. Miami and Dayton OH needs a Publix. I want to see Kroger go bankrupt, hopefully before I pass away.

[@sethburgin5994]

King Kullen? Kingston brand? Alpha Beta became Abco in Arizona. Fry's Foods in Arizona sold fishing tackle, bait, guns, ammo and other sporting goods. Fry's is now owned by Kroger, and not the Fry family.

[@jaysmith5175]

good channel

[@johnwatson8323]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@Mythoughtonpoliticaltopics]

Let me tell you all something. I LOVE PUBLIX I live in Fl and that is my store. A & P here is the thing wal mart was greedy. They came in and shut down so many stores until it was just to much, But Publix that what I love about them. You can be the top dog Publix is still going to be here and plus they have stock for their workers .

[@johndonlon1611]

A&P belongs in the ashcan of history: dirty stores, high prices, expired products....sorry, don't miss it one bit except for the Bokar Coffee (came in the black bag).

[@jayv9286]

You never mentioned Safeway, may it rest in peace.

[@marshaharris4268]

I also remember Pick &Pay in Ohio

[@frankb.1546]

I remember the jitney jungle.

[@stanleyhampton7185]

Funny how stores seems to have become more efficient with technology, and by cutting service. But prices continue to rise. Love old cars parked outside the stores.

[@johnp139]

It’s called inflation and ALL PRICES continue to rise. If they DIDN’T implement these cost saving programs, then the prices would rise EVEN MORE!!!!!

[@mcmlxii4419]

0:24 "Where shopping is a pleasure" it says on the wall.... they don't have to tell me what store that is.

[@Yes_Piano]

The significant change is the payment method.

[@bhami]

You didn't mention the rise of Walmart (now the US's largest grocer) and big boxes like Costco. Also it would be a huge help if you would list all the brands under each of the majors; e.g. Kroger includes Ralphs (California), Smiths (Utah), and others. Also a Kroger/ Albertsons merger was announced about 18 months ago, but has not yet moved forward.

[@cyril6624]

What ever happened to Shopping Bag Food Stores?

[@sharoncarson6676]

Thriftway was a nice store but long gone too. So sad that the stores/ companies today are all about corporate greed & not helping the customers!! Wal-Mart is really really bad on customer service!! Most of the time you ask for assistance, you are told either" it's not my job/ department" or "I don't have time or can"t help you". 😡😡

[@ErinIsReal]

Back when society had CLASS and dressed well even going to the store! They didn't need anti-theft tags, because no one stole, like they do now!

[@sweetjayne47]

i retired from kroger in 2022. i spent 25 years with them. i managed the floral dept the whole 25 years. so glad to retire because they became a very hard company to work for. corporate greed took over.

[@johnp139]

You mean people actually have a “career” at a GROCERY STORE???

[@sweetjayne47]

@@johnp139 yes. i was freshly divorced and needed a job! turned into a steady paycheck , insurance and it was a union job. i ended up with a pension, so that was a bonus. before i retired i was bringing home a nice paycheck. so yeah i stayed all those years. plus i worked with flowers all those years. a lot of people wanted my job but i would not give up my position! my job as a florist was very rewarding. but the company greed was too much.

[@sweetjayne47]

@@johnp139 yes! i was freshly divorced and needed a job! it turned into a steady paycheck with insurance and was a union job. so i ended up with a pension . that was a bonus.

[@johnp139]

Strange how people today complain about “doing the workers job” by using self-checkout, yet they don’t think anything about going up and down the isles and getting their own food. Back in the 2930’s THAT WAS THE JOB OF THE WORKERS!

[@demeter1522]

Nice and White